York County ME Archives Biographies.....Blazo, Amos December 3, 1738 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carol Eddleman carolcurrieeddleman@gmail.com January 24, 2024, 6:49 pm Author: J. W. Dearborn BLAZO. This family descended from one Amos Blazo, who came from Bordeaux, France, in 1735, and settled in Greenland, N.H. His son Amos settled in Parsonsfleld, b. Dec. 3, 1738, moved to town in 1778, and settled in North Parsonsfleld. Farmer ___ m. Joanna Libby in 1760; d. Feb. 23, 1821; wife died Aug. 30, 1810. Their children were: Catherine, b. Aug. 11, 17G2. Daniel, b. Sept. 1764. Michance. b. ___. Joseph, b. June 16, 1768. Ebenezer, b. Sept 1, 1770. John, b. Dec. 4, 1776; all born in Rye, N.H. Jonathan, b. July, 1775. William, b. March 1, 1777, in Epsom, N.H. Polly, b. in Parsonsfleld, April 2, 1779; d. October 10, 1784. The sons all settled in Parsonsfleld, at what is known as Blazo's Corner. Catherine m. Jonathan Towle; d. Dec. 16, 1809 Daniel m. Abigail Chapman in 1796; d. Jan. 19, 1802; had three children: Robert Tibbetts, b. Aug. 11, 1797; John, b. Nov. 23, 1798, and Henry, b. 1800. Joseph m. Susan Paine; d. Jan., 1827. Ebenezer m. Nancy Towle; d. Sept. 10, 1855. John died Nov. 4, 1821. Jonathan ra. Jane Deshon, 1799; d. June, 1817. William m. Mehitable Wedgwood, Dec. 1, 1808; d. Aug. 2.5, 1830. Robert Tibbetts Blazo, lawyer, son of Daniel, m. Mary Freeman, Dec. 24, 1835; has four children: Daniel Otis, lawyer and farmer, lives at North Parsonsfleld; m. Emily Perkins; have had five children, two living, Mildred and Grace. Susan C, m. John G. Leavitt, and they have one son, Robert Blazo Leavitt, now at Cambridge University, Mass. Charles, physician (see page 156). Emily m. Hiram H. Brown, a lawyer, residing in Lowell, Mass. They have one daughter. John Blazo, second son of Daniel Blazo, married Nancy Towle May 1, 1825; died Dec. 1, 1878; wife died Jan. 11, 1846. They had seven children: Mary, Nancy, John, Lorenzo, Mariah, James H. and Enoch W. Mary was born March 3, 1826, died Sept. 25, 1876; Nancy, b. June 19, 1827, d. Jan, 11, 1846; John, b. April 8, 1831, m., resides in Parsonsfleld; Mariah, b. Feb 9, 1836; Lorenzo, b. June 9, 1837; Enoch W., b. Nov. 30, 1839, d. Aug 30, 1840; James H.. b. June 16, 1844, m. Abby Fogg, resides on homestead. Additional Comments: (Source: A History of the Town of Parsonsfield, Maine, Portland, Me., Brown Thurston and Co., 1888, p. 366.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/york/bios/blazo68gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mefiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb